People gathered outside of a Starbucks coffee shop at Venice Beach in Los Angeles last month. The company's order for all customers to wear masks will take effect on July 15.Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
People gathered outside of a Starbucks coffee shop at Venice Beach in Los Angeles last month. The company's order for all customers to wear masks will take effect on July 15.Starbucks announced on Thursday that it would require all patrons to wear face masks at its locations across the United States.Several states have already mandated that residents wear masks in public spaces like coffee shops because of the coronavirus, though many still have no such requirement.
Starbucks said that at stores where there's no local mandate regarding masks customers will still be able to use the drive-thru, order for curbside pickup, or get their order delivered. The company also emphasized that it will continue enhanced cleaning measures and other precautions to stem the spread of the coronavirus, which has killed over 133,000 people in the U.S.
Oh crap...now a bunch of Karen’s won’t be able to get their skinny caramel macchiatos! Darn it!
I see many Karen/Ken “I am not wearing a mask in Starbucks” videos in our future
Have2Care The whole shutdown is inconsistent, we've already been required to wear mask not only at starbucks but every public place. 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
Why are they waiting a week 🤬🤬🤬🤬 Starbucks star this is not hard.
Did you mean March 15th? 🙄
alice4u2010 Trump supporters are going to be crying. Don't like it stay home.
Bravo 👏🏻
Coffee home for me
Why wait?
Why not TODAY!!!! They shouldn't be open in the first place! What? People can't make their own damn coffee?
Groundbreaking.
Well that's a bit like closing the barn door after the horse got out, isn't it!?
Can’t wait! To see all the It’s against my rights to protect myself and other whining and crying about it. These are the same ones throwing an uproar about the grill jockey at Burger King handeling their food without gloves....
Even thru a drive thru?
I feel for employees who have to enforce this policy, because from the videos I've seen people get violent over something so simple as being asked to wear a mask. StayHomeStaySafe WearADamnMask
Waiting for Starbucks Karen....
Been that way since day one where I live.
they won't be getting my business then
thepoliticalcat why wait until the 15th? it should be as of right now.
Meanwhile ... Come get Covid19 at your local Starbucks free with any latte, coffee or drink! Offer ends July 15.
Aw man, you gonna get some Uggs wearing, North Face jacket slinging, yoga pants sporting Karens really miffed now. Really miffed.
Only now wtf.
Will they also stop putting things like “isis” on a Muslim persons cup?
Wait. They weren’t before?
Uh oh! Karen and Kev are going to be pissed, get out your recording devices!!!!😂
Paging Karen
Dear God so many Karen videos coming soon
It wasn’t me, it was you...byestarbucks
Oh boy I can't wait to see the videos of big mouths stating this is against their rights.
Sure, why not wait a week or so. Time is totally on our side 🙄
Oh boy. Starbucks is Karen central. This isn't gonna go down well lol
Uh... Starbucks, why wait?
That will make it hard to drink the coffee. Must our masks now have straws?
Oh noooo. Expect multiple temper tantrums from Karen’s and Kens !
Why not July 10?
And cue moronic backlash
Already required in MA...our infection and death rates are way down and declining BTW....
This is stupid. You can’t mask up effectively if you are constantly removing it to eat or drink. They should continue to go orders only.
KatCapps starbucks will you actually make New Yorkers wear them or not serve? I’ve stopped going because of the handful of loud mouthed regulars who heckle everyone in a mask and the employees say they can’t ask them to wait outside 😣
Great...private sector, individuals have to fill the gap w/o government leadership.
The Karen’s are coming ...
starbucks public freak out videos in coming in 3...2...1
I'd rather businesses decide than government
And why would they wait until July 15?
I don’t go to Starbucks, so I am good.
Starbucks is late as fuck.
Ugh you show the worst one in the world too, the Venice one that replaced the venicefreakshow ! No chains ever used to be in Venice. Gross.
So in the past few months we've seen all of these people crying about opening things back up to help the economy, to these same people crying about having to wear a mask to shop in the places they were crying about opening up...
Good, but why not start immediately
Why has this not already been a requirement?!
karenvasion
Make it effective NOW. Annnnddd also, every corporation should do this.
It's near mid July. And we're just now getting around to mandating mask wearing... JULY.
Why wait until July 15? Wear masks now, it is already late.
Really? How can you drink your coffee with a mask on?
Damn, no more Starbucks then.
Feel sorry for Baristas who gotta refuse lattes to assholes refusing to mask up🙏🏼
Good for Starbucks. I hope you guys don’t get too much push back from mean customers.
Only took them 4 months to figure out we need masks? Is it true, back then they wouldn’t let employees wear masks? Sorry, I was a regular customer but in four months I’ve learned to make my own coffee.
Facemask challenges..... Stay Masking and being save!!!!! 👊
They're just now requiring this? And why wait until July 15.
They weren’t already doing this? No wonder we have such a surge in cases.
Here for the Karen meltdown videos
Then do the right thing and hire security. You shouldn’t force your low paid employees to be the mask police. It’s unsafe for them.
Finally -- a business with some...sense!
10 min wearing a mask while in line never killed anyone. Doctors & nurses do it for hours on end during 12hr surgeries. You’re not special Jennifers. Wear your mask. Get your drink. Move on with your day.
Wayyyyy too late, Starbucks.
What the fuck took them so long?!
So does that mean Kroger and Target must follow since they are in them.
WTF y'all been doing before?
Anybody that disagrees w/Starbucks policy....open your own coffee shop and make your own rules... so long as the rules aren’t Discriminatory...
Took them long enough. Way to NOT be a leader.
Today is July 9. Why not immediately?
Wow a little late huh
Starting July 7 WA State businesses are required to ensure their customers or clients are wearing face coverings Great to live in a science data driven state !
We already do in NY, but it's grab n go.
Boy the zombie horde of caffeine-addicted Karens is going to erupt in fury.
Queue Karen. Funniest thing is that alot of those outbursts are just people with egos realizing they forgot their mask in the car and can’t handle it.
Good.
Why wait?
Npr= corporate mouthpiece.
Good!
Is Starbucks a member of Congress who passed a bill for a law requiring face diapers to be worn at all its locations? How about in parking lots?
Gotta fix your article. Dates are off.
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